I remember thinking at the time that this was wrong, and that I'd seen several instances where people publishing online had clearly done their homework better than journalists writing for print publications. This article is the sort of thing I mean. It seems unlikely the big newsmagazines will do as good a job when they write about this.
Incidentally, the reason I put "citizen journalism" in quotes is not because I dislike the idea, but because I don't think this name is good enough for it. At its best it doesn't need to have any qualifiers appended: it's simply journalism.
"Based in New York City, he served as CNN's chief technology and environment correspondent. He was also the network’s space and aviation correspondent and an occasional stand-in anchor. He anchored The Situation Room on November 26, 2008, covering the terrorist attack in Mumbai on the Oberoi Trident and Taj Mahal Hotels, as well as several other locations.
He covered Hurricane Katrina for several weeks anchoring CNN’s Peabody and Dupont Award-winning coverage.
During his 16-year tenure at CNN, he anchored several news and talk programs, including Science and Technology Week, Saturday Morning, Sunday Morning, TalkBack Live, Headline News Primetime, Live From... and, most recently, American Morning."
This guy is not really a great example, although the article is definitely exceptional. He's pretty entrenched in the old media.
The BBC, which is renowned for the quality of its journalism seems to agree with you, they actively solicit contributions from people on the ground at the bottom of most articles.
And then there is indymedia.org which falls somewhere between the 'real' news organizations and 'citizen journalism'.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=430819
I remember thinking at the time that this was wrong, and that I'd seen several instances where people publishing online had clearly done their homework better than journalists writing for print publications. This article is the sort of thing I mean. It seems unlikely the big newsmagazines will do as good a job when they write about this.
Incidentally, the reason I put "citizen journalism" in quotes is not because I dislike the idea, but because I don't think this name is good enough for it. At its best it doesn't need to have any qualifiers appended: it's simply journalism.